"This was probably wishful thinking, there is such a way to convey what our Western colleagues experienced yesterday and Saturday evening. I got acquainted with how events in Russia are covered," Lavrov said in an interview with RT.
On French Policy Stance
"I think ... [everyone] will understand the position advocated by Macron, who clearly sees the current development of events as a chance to carry out the threat, like a mantra repeated by NATO leaders, that Ukraine should inflict a strategic defeat on Russia. Meaning, of course, not Ukraine, but the entire Western camp," Lavrov said.
On US Policy Stance
"When US ambassador Tracy spoke with Russian representatives [regarding the situation with Prigozhin] yesterday, she conveyed signals. These signals were, first of all, that the United States had nothing to do with it, that the United States very much hopes that nuclear weapons will be fine, that American diplomats will not suffer, and it was especially emphasized: the United States proceeds from the fact that everything that happens is an internal affair of Russia," Lavrov said in an interview with RT.